I am a
Forensic Scientist and a member of the Society of
Expert Witnesses and enrolled on the U.K. Register
of Expert Witnesses. During my career with the
Metropolitan Police Service, my name was on the
register of Fingerprint Experts in England & Wales , which is held at The
National Training Centre for Scientific Support to
Crime Investigation in Durham ,
on behalf of the Association of Chief Police
Officers.

In 1975, I joined the Metropolitan Police
Service at New Scotland Yard as a fingerprint
officer. I regraded as an identification officer,
this new grade encompassed expertise in
fingerprints and forensic scene examination.

I have successfully completed both the
basic and advanced fingerprint courses and have
become a recognised expert since 1981. In April
1998, I completed a forensic ridgeology course in
America
.I
have given evidence on finger/palm identifications
and related matters in all types of courts,
including the Federal Court in Philadelphia
, U.S.A.

I have successfully completed the basic and
advanced forensic scene examination courses within
the Metropolitan Police Service and I have
completed five operational tours of duty,
examining scenes of crime covering burglary to
murder scenes. In 1993, I received a commendation
for my outstanding scene examination.

From August 1996 until May 2001, I lectured
at the Scientific Support College
for the Metropolitan Police Training Establishment
in Hendon. Subjects included basic fingerprint
foundation, advanced fingerprint,
cadavers/chemical, and forensic basic awareness
courses. I researched forensic ridgeology
(quantitative/qualitative analysis) of finger
marks for the last three years, which included
completing evidence, lecturing and giving advice
on all types of latent marks.

I have been an advisor to the ACPO led
Project Board for fingerprint training which
includes ridgeology and designing a ridgeology
course for future experts in the U.K.

Since June 2001, I
have been employed as an independent consultant
and adviser on all fingerprint and forensic scene
examination matters including lectures in the U.K. , U.S.A. and Australia .

I have been engaged
in the identification of persons by means of
finger, thumb and palm prints for more than 31
years and I have never known impressions taken
from different fingers, thumbs or palms to agree
in the sequence of the ridges and the ridge
characteristics (second level detail) and other
friction ridge detail (third level detail).

The
Fingerprint
Department at New Scotland Yard endorses no
independent experts. The
contents of these pages do not purport to represent
any endorsement,
opinion or statements by
the Fingerprint Department at New Scotland Yard or
any other agency or
organisation.